1. THE GREAT
DEPRESSION
BEGINS
Photos by photographer Dorothea Lange

2. FARMERS STRUGGLE
Photo by Dorothea Lange
• No industry suffered as
much as
______________
• During _______________
European demand for
American crops
________
• _____________________
_______________
• Farmers increased
production sending
prices ______________

3. HOOVER WINS
1928 ELECTION
• Republican _________
___________ ran
against Democrat Alfred
E. Smith in the _______
election
• Hoover emphasized
years of ____________
under Republican
administrations
• ____________________
__________________

4. THE 1929 CRASH
• In September the Stock Market
had some unusual up & down
movements
• On October 24, the market took
___________________________
________________.
• ________________, now known
as __________________, the
bottom fell out
• People who had bought on
margin (credit) were stuck with
________________________.

6. THE GREAT DEPRESSION
Alabama family, 1938 Photo by Walter Evans
• The Stock Market crash
signaled ____________
______________________
__________.
• The Great Depression is
generally defined as the
period from 1929 – 1940
in which the ______ ____
______________________
______________________
_________________.
• The crash alone did not
cause the Great
Depression, but it ______
______________________.

7. FINANCIAL COLLAPSE
• After the crash, many
______________________
______________________
from banks
• Banks had invested in
the Stock Market and lost
money
• In 1929- 600 ___________
• By 1933 – 11,000 of the
25,000 ____________
______________________
__.
Bank run 1929, Los Angeles

8. SECTION 2: HARDSHIPS
DURING DEPRESSION
• The Great Depression
brought ___________,
_______________, and
_____________________.
• Across the country,
people lost _________,
and _____________
• Some built __________
___________out_______
_____________.
• Before long whole
shantytowns (__________
______________________
____) sprung up

9. SOUP KITCHENS
Unemployed men wait in line for food –
this particular soup kitchen was
sponsored by Al Capone
• One of the common
features of ________
_________during the
era were __________
__________________
__________
• Soup kitchens and
bread lines offered
__________________
__________________
____________.

10. RURAL LIFE DURING THE
DEPRESSION
Between 1929-1932 almost ½ million
farmers lost their land
• While the Depression
was difficult for
everyone, ____________
_____________; ______
______________________
_____________.
• Thousands of farmers,
however, _____________.
• Many turned to ________
______________________
______________________
________________.

11. THE DUST BOWL
• A ____________________
gripped the Great Plains
in the _______________.
• Wind scattered the
_________, _________
________________
• The resulting dust _____
_____________________
_______.
• One storm in 1934 picked
up _________________
_______________. Plains
an carried it to the East
Coast
Kansas Farmer, 1933

12. Dust storm approaching Stratford, Texas - 1934

13. Storm approaching Elkhart,
Kansas in 1937

14. Dust buried cars and wagons in South Dakota
in 1936

15. HARDEST HIT REGIONS
• _________, ________,
_______, __________,
and ___________
were the hardest hit
regions during the
Dust Bowl
• __________________
____________ to
California and other
Pacific Coast states
Boy covers his mouth to avoid dust,
1935

17. • The 1930s created the term
“______________” to
describe _______________.
• 300,000 _____________–
or __________– _________
_______________________
____________________(tho
usands were teenagers)
• _______________________
was common on railroad
property; over 50,000
people were ____________.
HOBOES
TRAVEL
AMERICA

18. EFFECTS OF DEPRESSION
• _______________________
more than 30% between
1928-1932
• _______________________
sharply in urban areas
• Three times as many
people were ____________
_______________________
_________________.
• Many people showed great
_______________________
______.
• Additionally, many people
developed habits of ______
______________________.

19. Hoover had little chance to be re-elected in 1932

20. Of Mice and Men
By John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck
-Lived: __________
______________
-Wrote _________in
his life.
-Won the _________
for 3 of them, including
_______________.

21. Of Mice and Men
By John Steinbeck
Of Mice and Men
-Written in the form of
________in ___________.
-Is set ________________.
-Provides first-hand insight into
______________________.
-One of Steinbeck’s ________
________________along
with _________________
___________________.

22. Of Mice and Men
By John Steinbeck
Of Mice and Men deals with many
themes, including:
+_________________
+_________________
+_____________________________
__________________________
Types of _________found in OM&M:
+racism: _______________________
______________________________
+misogyny:______________________
______________________________
+ableism: _______________________
______________________________

23. Of Mice and Men
By John Steinbeck
-Of Mice and Men has been
made into a movie 3
different times and soon will
be back on Broadway
starring James Franco and
Chris O’Dowd.
-Still one of the most
beloved classics.